CIT 329 (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.1° N, 118.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 115.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Lower Member (Modelo Formation), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; diatomaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. R. David. 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 43:1-187 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 179733: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.06.2016, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri | |
Lampanyctus petrolifer David 1943 lanternfish | |
Scomber sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Syngnathus avus Jordan and Gilbert 1919 pipefish | |
Xyne grex Jordan and Gilbert 1919 herring |